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Ban on Calif. pesticide spraying lifted
Oct 19 2007 11:56PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The spraying of a pesticide to fight a crop-eating moth can resume after a judge said Friday he was satisfied with a government plan to address environmental and health concerns.
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Judge: Katrina death reports are public
Oct 19 2007 11:31PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The coroner's reports on the deaths of nine patients trapped in a sweltering hospital in the days following Hurricane Katrina should be made public, a judge ruled Friday.
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15 years in Fla. airport weapons plot
Oct 19 2007 11:02PM (CT)
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - The leader of a drug-and-gun smuggling ring was sentenced to 15 years in prison after pleading guilty to sneaking contraband aboard commercial flights out of a Florida airport where he worked.
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Charges dropped against 2 N.D. officials
Oct 19 2007 11:02PM (CT)
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - Prosecutors dismissed a felony conspiracy charge against two top executives of North Dakota's workers compensation agency Friday, days before they were to appear in court to make their pleas.
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Soldier probed in checkpoint shooting
Oct 19 2007 10:56PM (CT)
EVANSVILLE, Ind. (AP) - A former 101st Airborne Division soldier who came forward with allegations that his comrades raped an Iraqi teenager is being investigated for his role in a fatal shooting at a checkpoint, his lawyer said Friday.
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Swastikas, epithet on historic NY depot
Oct 19 2007 10:38PM (CT)
PEEKSKILL, N.Y. (AP) - Swastikas and the N-word were spray-painted on a historic train depot where Abraham Lincoln once spoke _ graffiti discovered days before the dedication of a statue of the president, police said Friday.
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Former NJ assemblyman pleads guilty
Oct 19 2007 10:23PM (CT)
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - A former Democratic state assemblyman who was among 11 public officials arrested last month on federal bribe-taking charges pleaded guilty Friday to attempted extortion.
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Cleveland school gets $2.5M for security
Oct 19 2007 10:02PM (CT)
CLEVELAND (AP) - The state will provide $2.5 million to Cleveland schools to upgrade security after a student gunman shot and wounded two teachers and two students before he killed himself, the governor's office said Friday.
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Fugitive's trial begins in auto crash
Oct 19 2007 9:58PM (CT)
KELSO, Wash. (AP) - A man accused of causing a car wreck that killed three college students fled to Ireland only because he feared for his own safety amid the outcry over the crash, his lawyer told jurors Thursday.
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Vt. woman wants horse as service animal
Oct 19 2007 9:48PM (CT)
WARREN, Vt. (AP) - The Central Vermont Community Land Trust usually has no objection to a service animal like a seeing-eye dog moving into its apartments. But Patty Cooper's service animal is a horse of a different color: a black and white miniature horse, to be exact.
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Vt. woman wants horse as service animal
Oct 19 2007 9:48PM (CT)
WARREN, Vt. (AP) - The Central Vermont Community Land Trust usually has no objection to a service animal like a seeing-eye dog moving into its apartments. But Patty Cooper's service animal is a horse of a different color: a black and white miniature horse, to be exact.
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Vt. woman wants horse as service animal
Oct 19 2007 9:48PM (CT)
WARREN, Vt. (AP) - The Central Vermont Community Land Trust usually has no objection to a service animal like a seeing-eye dog moving into its apartments. But Patty Cooper's service animal is a horse of a different color: a black and white miniature horse, to be exact.
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6 die in storms in Midwest, Wash. state
Oct 19 2007 9:46PM (CT)
WILLIAMSTON, Mich. (AP) - A couple spending their first night in a new house were among at least six people killed as unusually severe October storms destroyed homes, downed trees and knocked out power in several states, authorities said Friday.
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1 dead in N.J. house explosion
Oct 19 2007 9:41PM (CT)
IRVINGTON, N.J. (AP) - An explosion leveled a house under construction and a vacant building next door early Friday, killing one worker and injuring four others.
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1 dead in N.J. house explosion
Oct 19 2007 9:41PM (CT)
IRVINGTON, N.J. (AP) - An explosion leveled a house under construction and a vacant building next door early Friday, killing one worker and injuring four others.
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Suspect charged in 4 slayings in Detroit
Oct 19 2007 9:37PM (CT)
DETROIT (AP) - Authorities charged a man Friday with killing another man, a woman and her two children in their sleep in an attack that brought fresh pleas for residents to help police fight violent crime.
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Scathing Limbaugh letter nets $2.1M
Oct 19 2007 9:29PM (CT)
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) - A letter from Democratic senators blasting conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh for using the phrase "phony soldiers" on his program was sold Friday on eBay for a record $2.1 million.
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Renovation plan proposed for UN building
Oct 19 2007 9:17PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Friday proposed an accelerated plan to renovate the U.N.'s headquarters overlooking New York's East River that would complete the overhaul by 2013.
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Insanity plea planned in microwaved baby
Oct 19 2007 9:15PM (CT)
GALVESTON, Texas (AP) - The 19-year-old man accused of putting his 2-month-old daughter in a microwave, causing burns to her face and hand, was insane at the time of the incident, his lawyer said Friday.
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Colleague says soldier, commander argued
Oct 19 2007 9:01PM (CT)
FORT BRAGG, N.C. (AP) - Before leaving for Iraq, an Army supply sergeant had a heated argument with his strict company commander, one of two superior officers the sergeant is accused of killing in Iraq, colleagues of the men testified Friday.
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Courts-martial for 2 in Haditha deaths
Oct 19 2007 8:33PM (CT)
SAN DIEGO (AP) - The highest-ranking U.S. serviceman to face court-martial involving combat since Vietnam was ordered to trial Friday for failing to investigate the killings of 24 Iraqis, including women and children, in Haditha two years ago.
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Deputy shot in southwestern Va.
Oct 19 2007 7:59PM (CT)
BLUEFIELD, Va. (AP) - A sheriff's deputy who stopped a car with three robbery suspects was shot Friday, prompting several schools to be locked down amid a manhunt in this town straddling the West Virginia state line.
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Sneaky food books: Hot and a hot topic
Oct 19 2007 7:56PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - It's a technique on the tip of a lot of parents' tongues _ and maybe their children's too: Puree healthy fruits and vegetables, and sneak them into regular kid food like macaroni and cheese or chocolate pudding. Watch the kids unknowingly gobble down their vitamins, and smile.
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Sneaky food books: Hot and a hot topic
Oct 19 2007 7:56PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - It's a technique on the tip of a lot of parents' tongues _ and maybe their children's too: Puree healthy fruits and vegetables, and sneak them into regular kid food like macaroni and cheese or chocolate pudding. Watch the kids unknowingly gobble down their vitamins, and smile.
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Sneaky food books: Hot and a hot topic
Oct 19 2007 7:56PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - It's a technique on the tip of a lot of parents' tongues _ and maybe their children's too: Puree healthy fruits and vegetables, and sneak them into regular kid food like macaroni and cheese or chocolate pudding. Watch the kids unknowingly gobble down their vitamins, and smile.
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Sneaky food books: Hot and a hot topic
Oct 19 2007 7:56PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - It's a technique on the tip of a lot of parents' tongues _ and maybe their children's too: Puree healthy fruits and vegetables, and sneak them into regular kid food like macaroni and cheese or chocolate pudding. Watch the kids unknowingly gobble down their vitamins, and smile.
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Egyptian can sue over his 9/11 detention
Oct 19 2007 7:27PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - An Egyptian student detained after a pilot's aviation radio was found in his hotel room following the Sept. 11 attacks should be allowed to sue an FBI agent over his imprisonment, a federal appeals court ruled Friday.
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9/11 worker's kin rejects death ruling
Oct 19 2007 7:23PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Fresh from ruling that World Trade Center dust did not kill a police detective, a medical examiner offered the man's relatives other reasons Friday for his death, an explanation the family found "not acceptable," their lawyer said.
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9/11 worker's kin rejects death ruling
Oct 19 2007 7:23PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Fresh from ruling that World Trade Center dust did not kill a police detective, a medical examiner offered the man's relatives other reasons Friday for his death, an explanation the family found "not acceptable," their lawyer said.
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Doctor: Confession shows Mo. woman sane
Oct 19 2007 6:52PM (CT)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - A high-profile forensic psychiatrist testified Friday that a woman accused of cutting a baby from another woman's womb can't be criminally insane, as she claims, because she confessed to the killing.
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Dog lovers feel pain of DeGeneres saga
Oct 19 2007 5:37PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - It's been a harrowing week for Ellen DeGeneres. First the talk-show host wept profusely on TV over her dog-adoption drama. Then she had to beg people to stop making threats against the adoption agency. Finally, she canceled two tapings of her show to take a rest from the stress.
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Army recruits to get more basic training
Oct 19 2007 5:03PM (CT)
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - The Army is adding a week to basic training, not to teach additional skills but to help recruits better master what they're already learning.
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Race wounds reopened at Kentucky school
Oct 19 2007 4:45PM (CT)
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) - A Southern university is trying to defend its image after the student newspaper published a cartoon of a black man being sold at auction and a racist death threat was scribbled on the door of a black student leader's dorm room.
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No backup if Atlanta's faucets run dry
Oct 19 2007 4:14PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - With the South in the grip of an epic drought and its largest city holding less than a 90-day supply of water, officials are scrambling to deal with the worst-case scenario: What if Atlanta's faucets really do go dry?
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No backup if Atlanta's faucets run dry
Oct 19 2007 4:14PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - With the South in the grip of an epic drought and its largest city holding less than a 90-day supply of water, officials are scrambling to deal with the worst-case scenario: What if Atlanta's faucets really do go dry?
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No backup if Atlanta's faucets run dry
Oct 19 2007 4:14PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - With the South in the grip of an epic drought and its largest city holding less than a 90-day supply of water, officials are scrambling to deal with the worst-case scenario: What if Atlanta's faucets really do go dry?
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Jindal might avoid runoff for La. gov
Oct 19 2007 3:57PM (CT)
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Four years after he lost a heated battle for governor, Rep. Bobby Jindal is well ahead of the pack in a repeat run that carries a different kind of drama: Can he get enough votes to win outright and avoid a runoff?
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Woman fined for hammer fit at Comcast
Oct 19 2007 3:17PM (CT)
BRISTOW, Va. (AP) - She was fined and got a suspended jail sentence, but Mona Shaw says she has no regrets about using a hammer to vent her frustration at a cable company.
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Military explains nuclear weapon mistake
Oct 19 2007 2:50PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - In its first explicit confirmation that nuclear-armed missiles were erroneously flown from an air base in North Dakota to a base in Louisiana in late August, the Air Force on Friday called the episode an "unacceptable mistake" _ of a sort that had never happened before.
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It's industry vs. health in toxic town
Oct 19 2007 2:36PM (CT)
PORT ARTHUR, Texas (AP) - There is a quiet battle for the future of this industrial town, one of America's most polluted places.
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Fugitive arraigned after return to US
Oct 19 2007 1:52PM (CT)
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) - A man accused of raping his daughter and posting videos of the abuse online was arraigned Friday after returning to the United States from Hong Kong.
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Hawaiians argue over ancestry
Oct 19 2007 1:35PM (CT)
WAIMANALO, Hawaii (AP) - In Hawaii, where blood and ancestry matter as in no other state, a legal challenge is posing this question: Who is sufficiently Hawaiian?
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Autistic hiker released from hospital
Oct 19 2007 1:28PM (CT)
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - An autistic teen who was lost for four days in the West Virginia wilderness was released from a hospital Friday, a day after his rescue from the rugged, foliage-filled terrain.
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Tanker stolen from depot found
Oct 19 2007 1:07PM (CT)
BALTIMORE (AP) - A tanker truck carrying 7,100 gallons of diesel fuel was taken at gunpoint from a city fuel depot early Friday, then found later in Washington, police said.
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Healthy habits on the rise in schools
Oct 19 2007 12:40PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - It's harder to find a french fry in a school cafeteria these days, and junk food is less common at school fundraisers, a federal study out Friday has found.
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Judge: Museum can keep Nazi-looted art
Oct 19 2007 12:31PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A judge dismissed a challenge to the Norton Simon Museum of Art's ownership of two prized 16th century paintings that had been seized by the Nazis.
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Schwarzenegger gets big checks at event
Oct 19 2007 11:16AM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger collected an estimated $800,000 at a corporate- and celebrity-attended fundraiser shortly after a legislative session in which he vetoed an armful of bills opposed by big business.
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Wis. lawmaker stages budget sit-in
Oct 19 2007 10:46AM (CT)
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - A state lawmaker who has vowed to stay at work 24 hours a day until his colleagues pass a new state budget had a rough first night.
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Soldier denies taking part in killing
Oct 19 2007 9:51AM (CT)
WHEELER ARMY AIRFIELD, Hawaii (AP) - A soldier accused of helping his platoon sergeant kill an unarmed Iraqi said he only faked his part of the shooting, intentionally missing the already-wounded man.
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Soldier denies taking part in killing
Oct 19 2007 9:51AM (CT)
WHEELER ARMY AIRFIELD, Hawaii (AP) - A soldier accused of helping his platoon sergeant kill an unarmed Iraqi said he only faked his part of the shooting, intentionally missing the already-wounded man.
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New US visas offered to crime victims
Oct 19 2007 8:02AM (CT)
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) - Illegal immigrants who are victims of violent crimes in the U.S. can now apply for special visas, seven years after Congress offered protection against deportation to those who cooperate with law enforcement agencies.
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New US visas offered to crime victims
Oct 19 2007 8:02AM (CT)
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) - Illegal immigrants who are victims of violent crimes in the U.S. can now apply for special visas, seven years after Congress offered protection against deportation to those who cooperate with law enforcement agencies.
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New US visas offered to crime victims
Oct 19 2007 8:02AM (CT)
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) - Illegal immigrants who are victims of violent crimes in the U.S. can now apply for special visas, seven years after Congress offered protection against deportation to those who cooperate with law enforcement agencies.
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New US visas offered to crime victims
Oct 19 2007 8:02AM (CT)
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) - Illegal immigrants who are victims of violent crimes in the U.S. can now apply for special visas, seven years after Congress offered protection against deportation to those who cooperate with law enforcement agencies.
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Rubik's Cube has new generation of fans
Oct 19 2007 7:16AM (CT)
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Matt Cline wasn't even born when the Rubik's Cube hit the market in 1980 and became a worldwide fad. But the multicolor toy is the 20-year-old's constant companion, giving him a way to pass the time or compete with his friends.
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Rubik's Cube has new generation of fans
Oct 19 2007 7:16AM (CT)
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Matt Cline wasn't even born when the Rubik's Cube hit the market in 1980 and became a worldwide fad. But the multicolor toy is the 20-year-old's constant companion, giving him a way to pass the time or compete with his friends.
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Sierra Leone detainee released in Texas
Oct 19 2007 3:46AM (CT)
SAN ANTONIO (AP) - The wait was excruciating for Samuel Komba Kambo's family. Then, suddenly, he emerged into the alley at dusk behind a downtown detention facility _ and into freedom.
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Sierra Leone detainee released in Texas
Oct 19 2007 3:46AM (CT)
SAN ANTONIO (AP) - The wait was excruciating for Samuel Komba Kambo's family. Then, suddenly, he emerged into the alley at dusk behind a downtown detention facility _ and into freedom.
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Sierra Leone detainee released in Texas
Oct 19 2007 3:46AM (CT)
SAN ANTONIO (AP) - The wait was excruciating for Samuel Komba Kambo's family. Then, suddenly, he emerged into the alley at dusk behind a downtown detention facility _ and into freedom.
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Market crash victims can sue Calif. city
Oct 19 2007 3:18AM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Victims of a 2003 crash in which an elderly driver plowed into a crowded farmers market can sue the city of Santa Monica for failing to protect them, a state appeals court ruled.
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Rabbi expands lawsuit against N.J. town
Oct 19 2007 3:05AM (CT)
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - A rabbi who sued a New Jersey town because he claimed it was persecuting him over prayer services held at his house says the town is trying to further meddle with his religious freedom by defining his home as a place of worship.
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Sage grouse hunted despite concerns
Oct 19 2007 2:18AM (CT)
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) - While biologists and politicians fight over whether the greater sage grouse should be labeled an endangered species, 10 Western states allow hunters to take aim at the reclusive, ground-dwelling bird.
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Mexican returned to US on drug charges
Oct 19 2007 1:27AM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A Mexican man suspected of distributing hundreds of pounds of cocaine each year to California, Alaska and other states has been extradited to the U.S. to face drug charges.
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Arrest in shooting of SoCal SWAT officer
Oct 19 2007 1:25AM (CT)
RIALTO, Calif. (AP) - Police arrested a man suspected in the fatal shooting of a SWAT officer during a narcotics raid at an apartment building on Thursday, authorities said.
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